plained, represents Trust Territories under
the U.N.'s
care; the bird, enlightenment
through which the territories will one day
achieve nationhood.
Countries administering former League of
Nations mandates asked the U.N. to accept
such ldependencies as Trust Territories; it
has similarly taken over former colonies of
nations defeated in World War II. The Trus
teeship Council is charged with promoting
the territories' ultimate goal: independence.
Of the original 11 Trust Territories, four
have already become nations and members
of the U.N.-
Cameroun, Togo, Somali Re
public, and British Togoland, which joined
the Gold Coast to form Ghana. Northern
British Cameroons in June, 1961, merged with
Nigeria; the Southern Cameroons has voted
to join Cameroun. Territories scheduled to
achieve their freedom shortly include West-
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ern Samoa, Ruanda-L'rundi, and Tanganyika.
The other Trust Territories are New Guin
ea and the phosphate island of Nauru, under
Australian control, and a group of Pacific
islands administered 1yv the United States.
The people of these lands can petition direct
ly to the Council for redress of any wrong.
Petitioners Become Prime Ministers
"One wife in Africa wrote U.N. her hus
band had been put in prison," Valentina re
called. "That's all right, wife said, because
he deserved jail. But jail bad - bad food, no
good water, dirty. U.N. investigate and pris
on get much better."
A single petition may reflect the worry of
one woman or the distress of many thou
sands. Speaking to me on the subject, Am
bassador Boland had said: "For years men
from Trust Territories in Africa came to the